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DUST & FUME EXTRACTION


MANAGING RISK WHILE MAINTAINING LASER PROCESSING LINE PERFORMANCE


By Joshua Evans MEng (Hons) IChemE,


applications engineer and head of BOFA Academy


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peed of production and quality of output are vital in coding and labelling products both to optimise investment in technology and to meet the expectation of consumers. At the same time, manufacturers have a duty to consider the


health and wellbeing of their employees by maintaining a working environment that is free from airborne contaminants that can be harmful to human health.


The current drive for speed and perfection, as well as increased demand to process metals, has led to the growing application of fibre lasers in the precision marking, cutting and coding of products and packaging in the FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) market. This enables a high-volume FMCG business, in say the drinks sector, to code at speeds of around 90,000 beverage cans per hour. Besides this increase in throughput,


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